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indigenous identity back in court
The Australian
SHANE Mortimer was wearing a possum-skin coat when he conducted a welcome-to-country ceremony at Parliament House in late August. But in the eyes of former National Capital Authority chairman Don Aitkin, he looked "about as Aboriginal as I do".

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Sydney Morning Herald
'Grog' hits indigenous babies
Sydney Morning Herald
Federal Liberal MP Sharman Stone, a member of the inquiry, said the rates of alcohol foetal damage on unborn children in indigenous communities were possibly the highest in the world. ''Australia lags behind the United States, Canada and Poland in ...

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Eclipse fans follow moon shadow to Oz
The Australian
ABORIGINAL myths, tropical Australia and the Great Barrier Reef provide a stunning backdrop this week to an eagerly awaited total eclipse of the sun. For more than three hours on Wednesday, the alignment of our sun, our moon and our planet will create ...
Total Solar Eclipse to Wow Australia, South PacificIndian Country Today Media Network.com
Solar eclipse to be broadcast on digital radioRadioinfo (subscription)

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Community 'abandoned' as school closes
The Australian
THE chairman of Watarru in South Australia's remote Aboriginal lands says the tiny community feels abandoned by the state government after the closure of its school, health clinic and store. Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara executive member for ...

Yolngu dreaming, 'doing it our way'
The Australian
Mr Gambung and Mr Lulpamgi are among about 120 delegates - including industry leaders such as Tourism Australia chairman Geoff Dixon and broadcaster George Negus - to the Mulwat tourism conference organised by the Lirrwi Tourism Aboriginal ...

indigenous identity back in court
The Australian
SHANE Mortimer was wearing a possum-skin coat when he conducted a welcome-to-country ceremony at Parliament House in late August. But in the eyes of former National Capital Authority chairman Don Aitkin, he looked "about as Aboriginal as I do".

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Government steps up anti-smoking momentum
The Virtual Medical Centre
Minister Snowdon said: “It is much more challenging in Indigenous Australia – almost half of pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women smoked in 2009.” A new campaign Quit for You, Quit for Two specifically targets pregnant women and those ...

The Age
'Grog' hits indigenous babies
The Age
Federal Liberal MP Sharman Stone, a member of the inquiry, said the rates of alcohol foetal damage on unborn children in indigenous communities were possibly the highest in the world. ''Australia lags behind the United States, Canada and Poland in ...

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The Voice Online
Soul Down Under
The Voice Online
EVERY SO often a movie or documentary is released that highlights the plight of indigenous Australians and the hardships they faced throughout history. These films often depict aboriginal people especially the women as passive, weak willed and more ...
IoS film review: The Sapphire AlpsThe Independent

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IoS film review: The Sapphire Alps
The Independent
It's adapted from a stage musical, which isn't necessarily encouraging, but it's also inspired by the life story of the writer's own mother, a member of an Australian Aboriginal girl group which entertained American infantrymen in Vietnam. You couldn't ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
St John's patron in racial outrage
Sydney Morning Herald
The comment was made in the presence of several indigenous students, one of whom has lodged a formal complaint and, according to senior staff, remains ''deeply traumatised''. Geoff Phillips and Christine Liddy. Good times ... Jeffrey Phillips with the ...

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Prince Charles pays tribute to 'marvellous culture'
Sydney Morning Herald
Political leaders, present and past, Indigenous leaders, business representatives, academics, Olympians, artists and community leaders were served barbecued prawns and lamb cutlets, as the heir to the British throne paid tribute to Australia's ...
Tom Keneally at his home in Sydney yesterday. Picture: James Croucher Source ...The Australian
Royal Sydney: Rain, hail and shineABC Online
Prince Charles thanks multicultural AustraliaYahoo!7 News
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Brisbane Times
Pollies not public blocking reform to the constitution
Brisbane Times
NOEL Pearson has appealed to both sides of politics to back all of an expert panel's recommendations for recognising indigenous Australians in the constitution, insisting politicians - not public opinion - are the biggest threat to a successful referendum.
Amid the politics of fear, steps to reconciliationSydney Morning Herald

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Sydney Morning Herald
Pollies not public blocking reform to the constitution
Sydney Morning Herald
NOEL Pearson has appealed to both sides of politics to back all of an expert panel's recommendations for recognising indigenous Australians in the constitution, insisting politicians - not public opinion - are the biggest threat to a successful referendum.
Amid the politics of fear, steps to reconciliationBrisbane Times

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Sydney Morning Herald
Art's man of reckoning
Sydney Morning Herald
To arrive at this bay in Sydney Harbour, first we needed to trace the circumnavigation of Australia by Matthew Flinders and his Aboriginal shipmate Bungaree, via the Mosman Art Gallery. The man behind the gallery's present exhibition - the Aboriginal ...

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Amid the politics of fear, steps to reconciliation
The Canberra Times (blog)
Many people assumed that this had been done in the referendum of 1967, when a proposal that resulted in indigenous Australians being counted in population statistics received 90.8 per cent approval. But, as Noel Pearson has noted, the original ...

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Tom Keneally at his home in Sydney yesterday. Picture: James Croucher Source ...
The Australian
The best-selling author and rugby league buff met Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, as she prepared to make her first official visit to Australia with Charles and found her to be "absolutely charming". Keneally is not the only ... The Prince of Wales ...
Royal Sydney: Rain, hail and shineABC Online
Royals reign in the rain during their Sydney visitHerald Sun
Sydney turns on weather for RoyalsSydney Morning Herald
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Mixed awareness of push in preamble
The Australian
THERE are fewer people in the mainstream community now aware of the national push to recognise indigenous Australians in the Constitution than there were in March. Only 31 per cent of non-indigenous Australians had heard about the referendum in a ...

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Images reflect mission studies
ABC Online
They started in 1938 and worked right through 1939 and they documented I think somewhere in the order of about 5,000 aboriginal people from throughout Australia documenting essentially their sort of racial backgrounds. (MORE FOOTAGE OF PHOTOS OF ...

Grog fight to beat a fetal error
The Australian
There is no reason to believe that the picture is very much different in the east or west Kimberley, or in some communities of the western desert or the Pitjantjatjara lands, or several other corners of remote Aboriginal Australia. These Fitzroy Valley ...

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